Joshua 15:56 (KJV)

What does Joshua 15:56 mean?

Joshua 15:56 names three towns counted as part of the land assigned to the tribe of Judah. The verse is one piece of a longer town list, showing which settlements belonged within Judah’s territory.

The names are part of a group of towns in the hill country. The repeated “and” joins Jezreel, Jokdeam, and Zanoah to the places listed around them, rather than introducing a new speaker or event.

Where else these words appear

“Zanoah” Hebrew H2182 · used in 5 verses

Joshua 15:34 And Zanoah, and Engannim, Tappuah, and Enam,
1 Chronicles 4:18 And his wife Jehudijah bare Jered the father of Gedor, and Heber the father of Socho, and Jekuthiel the father of Zanoah. And these are the sons of Bithiah the daughter of Pharaoh, which Mered took.
Nehemiah 3:13 The valley gate repaired Hanun, and the inhabitants of Zanoah; they built it, and set up the doors thereof, the locks thereof, and the bars thereof, and a thousand cubits on the wall unto the dung gate.

“Jezreel” Hebrew H3157 · used in 32 verses

Joshua 17:16 And the children of Joseph said, The hill is not enough for us: and all the Canaanites that dwell in the land of the valley have chariots of iron, both they who are of Bethshean and her towns, and they who are of the valley of Jezreel.
1 Kings 18:46 And the hand of the LORD was on Elijah; and he girded up his loins, and ran before Ahab to the entrance of Jezreel.
2 Kings 9:37 And the carcase of Jezebel shall be as dung upon the face of the field in the portion of Jezreel; so that they shall not say, This is Jezebel.